Specifications

Dell
PowerEdge R715 Technical Guide 63
Broadcom 5709C LAN On Motherboard (2
controllers on I/O board)
Details
Size:
1MB
Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]:
Serial Flash
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No
Does it retain data when powered off?
Yes
Purpose? [e.g., boot code]
Embedded Network Controller FW & config data
How is data input to this memory?
Loading flash memory requires a vendor
provided firmware file and loader program
which is executed by booting up the system
from a floppy or OS based executable containing
the firmware file and the loader. System loaded
with arbitrary data in firmware memory would
not have the network ports operational.
How is this memory write protected?
Software write protected
Remarks
There is a quantity of ―2‖ SPI flash on the IO
board
Server (6-drive SAS) Backplane Storage
Controller Memory
Details
Size:
32KB
Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]:
Embedded Microcontroller Flash
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No
Does it retain data when powered off?
Yes
Purpose? [e.g., boot code]
Stores the server storage backplane FW and FRU
How is data input to this memory?
Loading flash memory requires a vendor
provided firmware file and loader program
which is executed by booting up the system
from a floppy or OS based executable
containing the firmware file and the loader.
System loaded with arbitrary data in firmware
memory would not operate.
How is this memory write protected?
Software write protected
Power Supply Firmware and FRU (Field
Replacement Unit) memory.
Details
Size:
4KB–16KB FLASH with 256–1024 bytes RAM
Type: [e.g., Flash PROM, EEPROM]:
FLASH and SEEPROM
Can user programs or operating system write
data to it during normal operation?
No
Does it retain data when powered off?
Yes